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Carregando... The Secret of the Kingdom (1959)de Mika Waltari
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Marco el romano es uno de los mÁs cÁlebres frescos histÁricos que nos legÁ Mika Waltari. En ella se reproduce con intensidad y colorido el mundo judeorromano del siglo I, donde no podÁa faltar la figura de JesÁs y sus primeros seguidores. El protagonista Marco el romano es uno de los más célebres frescos históricos que nos legó Mika Waltari. En la novela se reproduce con intensidad y colorido el mundo judeorromano del siglo I, donde no podía faltar la figuar de Jesús y sus primeros seguidores. El protagonista al que alude el título es inicialmente un típico romano de la época, de vida licenciosa y costumbres disipadas, pero del contacto con los apóstoles surgirá un nuevo Marco. El recorrido de Marco por el mundo conocido de la época es una fascinante aventura por la que Waltari conduce el autor con mano maestra. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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Against a background of the strife-torn land of Judea two thousand years ago, Mika Waltari has written what is certainly his most important novel. Seeking the meaning to his life in the study of philosophy, the young Roman. Marcus Manilianus, discovers in an Alexandrian library a vast number of predictions, all tending to confirm his own feeling that the world is about to enter upon a new era. Two chance encounters with Jews who proclaim the coming of a world leader whom they call the Messiah or King, cause Marcus to resolve to make a visit to the Holy City of the Jews. He arrives outside Jerusalem in time to see crowds--some curious, some shocked--staring up at three crosses on a nearby mound. Above the center cross, an inscription had been fixed: JESUS OF NAZARETH, KING OF THE JEWS. The quest that ensues leads Marcus through all parts of Jerusalem and into contact with men and women of all stations of life who had known this remarkable man. And by degrees, wonderful if strange things are revealed to him of Jesus' teaching, and he experiences the odd sensation of almost believing in the destiny of this crucified Roman among the alien Jews, Stands alone on the borderline of two worlds, feelings he belongs to neither, and it becomes vital to him to find?the way,?the Kingdom,? to again knowledge and certainty, not merely belief. What follows, as Marcus pursues his search for the promised secret of the Kingdom, bring to a climax as exciting and deeply moving a novel as Mika Waltari, certainly one of the world's outstanding historical novelists, has ever written. It is a story of a time long past, yet it deals with a theme as modern as today: the dilemma of modern man and his culture in gaining and retaining a faith. And always present throughout the novel is the splendor, the irony and humor which have so delighted millions of readers of other Waltari novels from The Egyptian to The Etruscan. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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